Milwaukee police officer severely beaten

A Milwaukee police officer is beaten while trying to make an arrest on the city's north side Monday afternoon.

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Updated: 10:25 PM CDT Aug 26, 2013

Milwaukee police officer severely beaten

A Milwaukee police officer is beaten while trying to make an arrest on the city's north side Monday afternoon.

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Updated: 10:25 PM CDT Aug 26, 2013

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WEBVTT A MILWAUKEE POLICE OFFICER IS IN THE HOSPITAL TONIGHT AFTER BEING SEVERELY BEATEN DURING A NEIGHBORHOOD PATROL. WISN 12 NEWS REPORTER TONI VALLIERE IS LIVE TONIGHT OUTSIDE FROEDTERT HOSPITAL WHERE THE OFFICER IS BEING TREATED FOR SERIOUS INJURIES. OFFICER DWAIN MONTEILH IS HERE IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM SUFFERING FROM A BROKEN ORBITAL AND BLEEDING BEHIND THE EYE. THE CHIEF OF POLICE CAME HERE TONIGHT TO SEE HIS OFFICER AND TO PRAISE HIM. 17:26 THESE OFFICERS WERE DOING WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. A FIRED UP MILWAUKEE POLICE CHIEF ED FLYNN STOOD OUTSIDE FROEDTERT HOSPITAL MONDAY NIGHT AFTER VISITING WITH ONE OF HIS INJURED OFFICERS. CHIEF FLYNN SAYS OFFICERS DWAIN MONTEILH AND ROY HORN, MEMBERS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TASK FORCE WERE PATROLLING 28TH AND AUER ON MILWAUKEE'S NORTH SIDE A WHEN THEY SPOTTED TWO MEN ACTING SUSPICIOUS. WHEN THE OFFICERS APPROACHED, THE SUSPECTS BEGAN FIGHTING WITH THE OFFICERS. ONE OF THE SUSPECTS TOOK OFFICER MONTEILH TO THE GROUND AND TRIED TO TAKE HIS GUN. CHIEF FLYNN SAYS OFFICER MONTEILH PROTECTED HIS GUN, BUT TOOK SEVERAL BLOWS TO THE FACE. THIS INCIDENT DEMOSTRATES THE RISK OUR OFFICERS ARE ENCOUNTERING EVERYDAY TRYING TO COMBAT THIS SPIKE IN VIOLENCE. CHIEF FLYNN SAYS MONTEILH IS SUFFERING FROM A BROKEN ORBITAL AND BLEEDING BEHIND THE EYE. 18:49 HIS EYE LOOKS LIKE HELL. DESPITE THE RECENT SPIKE IN CRIME, CHIEF FLYNN SAYS HIS OFFICERS ARE MAKING PROGRESS. 17:41 IN TWO MONTHS ALONE OUR OFFICERS HAVE TAKEN 553 FIREARMS OF THE STREETS OF THIS CITY. IN AUGUST ALONE THEY'VE MADE 2,000 ARRESTS. THE SUSPECT ACCUSED OF BEATING OFFICER MONTIELH IS IN CUSTODY TONIGHT--- POLICE SAY HE HAS A LENGTHY CRIMINAL RECORD THAT INCLUDES BATTERY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. OFFICER MONTIELH WE'RE TOLD IS IN GOOD SPIRITS AND HERE WITH HIS WIFE. LIVE FROM FROEDTERT HOSPITAL, TONI VALLIERE, WISN 12 NEWS.

Milwaukee police officer severely beaten

A Milwaukee police officer is beaten while trying to make an arrest on the city's north side Monday afternoon.